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Great comment. Now when I think about it, it makes sense to have some indifferent "web devs" to do stuff no one else wants to, somewhat like janitors. They won'

Great comment. Now when I think about it, it makes sense to have some indifferent "web devs" to do stuff no one else wants to, somewhat like janitors. They won't care as long as it pays their bills anyway. > suspect you're less concerned about your work environment than salaries being pulled down Actually I was more concerned about my work environment. With development it's really hard to get a salary that is not directly proportionate to what your skills are worth.

bdcravens 7y ago
> it makes sense to have some indifferent "web devs" to do stuff no one else wants to, somewhat like janitors. They won't care as long as it pays their bills anyway Exactly. I think there's a lot of folks in our industry who found themselves sitting pretty, but the truth is, a large portion of their job is this kind of work. When employers discover that part of your job can be hired cheaper, you tend to move up or move out.
- rinchik 7y ago
  > When employers discover that part of your job can be hired cheaper Interesting point. That’s the ideal world situation which encourages self-improvement, self-development. A “natural selection” of sorts. Unfortunately in real world, management that’s smart about resource management and allocation is rare. Very often you can see waste where high-paying devs with valuable skills being tasked to do work that can be outsourced for pennies, or work that can be easily done by a cheap bootcamp graduate. (there are exceptions of course, e.g with dev resource hoarding in big tech)